Jun 29, 2009 10:58 am US/Pacific
Forest Service Disagrees With Thinning Study
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) ―
The
U.S. Forest Service
says it has done a lot more forest thinning to protect rural homes from
wildfire than a study by outside scientists indicates — though it still
falls short of the goal set by Congress.
National Fire Director Tom Harbour said Friday that by its count 43
percent of the 10.8 million acres treated by federal agencies in recent
years was in and around communities threatened by wildfire.
A study published earlier this month in the
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences claimed just 11 percent of fuel-reduction projects were in those areas.
Congress has set a goal of 50 percent.
University of Colorado fire
ecologist Tania Schoennagel (SHONE-nah-gel), lead author of the study,
says different definitions in the analyses could account for the
differences.
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